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前記複数の電子が入射し、複数のX線ビームが生成される向きに配向された複数のターゲットを有する、単一の回転陽極と、
前記複数のX線ビームを同時にフィルタリングし、複数のエネルギーレベルで前記複数のX線の複数のピークとして規定される複数のX線量エネルギーピークを同時に有するX線分布のフィルタ後のX線ビームを生成する複数のフィルタと、
を含むイメージングシステム内でネルギー識別を行うX線源。 A plurality of cathode irradiation devices for irradiating a plurality of electrons;
The plurality of electron incident, to have a plurality of targets that are oriented in a direction in which a plurality of X-ray beams are generated, and a single rotating anode,
Filtering the plurality of X-ray beams simultaneously to generate a filtered X-ray beam having an X-ray distribution having simultaneously a plurality of X-ray dose energy peaks defined as a plurality of peaks of the plurality of X-rays at a plurality of energy levels. Multiple filters to
X- ray source for energy identification in an imaging system including
第1の複数の電子を照射する第1の陰極照射装置(82)と、
第2の複数の電子を照射する第2の陰極照射装置(84)と、
を含むことを特徴とする請求項1に記載のX線源。 The plurality of cathode irradiation devices ,
A first cathode irradiation device (82) for irradiating a first plurality of electrons;
A second cathode irradiation device (84) for irradiating a second plurality of electrons;
The X- ray source according to claim 1, comprising:
前記少なくとも1つのX線ビームを受信し、物質エネルギー識別情報を有するX線信号を生成するエネルギー識別検出器(40)と、
を含むイメージングシステム。 X-ray source (32) according to any of claims 1 to 6 ,
An energy identification detector (40) for receiving the at least one x-ray beam and generating an x-ray signal having material energy identification information;
Including imaging system.
前記フィルタ回転装置に電気的に結合され、該複数のフィルタを回転させるコントローラ(52)と、
を更に含む請求項7に記載のシステム。 A filter rotation device (94) coupled to the plurality of filters;
Electrically coupled to the filter rotating apparatus, a controller (52) for rotating the plurality of filters,
The system of claim 7 further comprising:
The system according to any of claims 7 to 9, further comprising an x-ray detector for measuring a plurality of x-ray dose energy levels of the at least one x-ray beam.
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